ACT Math · Circles, arcs, and sectors

A circle has radius 6. What is the area of a sector with a central angle of 150°?

A circle has radius 6. What is the area of a sector with a central angle of 150°?

Answer and explanation

Answer: H: 15π

The sector is 150360=512\frac{150}{360}=\frac{5}{12} of the circle. The circle's area is π(6)2=36π\pi(6)^2=36\pi, so the sector's area is 512⋅36π=15π\frac{5}{12}\cdot36\pi=15\pi, choice H. Choice J (36π36\pi) is the full circle. Choice G (9π9\pi) is a quarter of the circle, the sector for 90∘90^\circ. Choice F (6π6\pi) is one sixth of the circle, the sector for 60∘60^\circ. Since 150∘150^\circ is a bit less than half the circle, the answer should be a bit less than 18π18\pi, and 15π15\pi fits.

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